Sustainability of Coronavirus on Different Surfaces

Rajiv Suman; Mohd Javaid; Abid Haleem; Raju Vaishya; Shashi Bahl; Devaki Nandan

doi:10.1016/j.jceh.2020.04.020

Sustainability of Coronavirus on Different Surfaces

J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2020 Jul-Aug;10(4):386-390. doi: 10.1016/j.jceh.2020.04.020. Epub 2020 May 6.

Authors

Rajiv Suman¹, Mohd Javaid², Abid Haleem², Raju Vaishya³, Shashi Bahl⁴, Devaki Nandan¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Industrial & Production Engineering, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India.
² Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India.
³ Department of Orthopaedics, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Sarita Vihar, Mathura Road, 110076, New Delhi, India.
⁴ Department of Mechanical Engineering, I. K. Gujral Punjab Technical University Hoshiarpur Campus, Punjab, India.

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the name of the disease supposedly manifested in December 2019 from Wuhan, from the virus named SARS-CoV-2. Now, this disease has spread to almost all other parts of the world. COVID-19 pandemic has various reasons for its dramatic worldwide increase. Here, we have studied coronavirus sustainability on various surfaces. Various disinfectants and their roles are discussed from the available literature. The infection capabilities of SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 for different materials and finally studies on infection decay for SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 are discussed.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-1; SARS-CoV-2; surfaces TCID; sustainability.

Publication types

Review